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hamza¹

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Arabic هَمْزَة (hamza).

noun hamzas

  1. A sign used in the written Arabic language representing a glottal stop. Hamza may appear as a stand-alone letter (ء (ʔ)) or most commonly diacritically over or under other letters, e.g. أ (ʔ) (over an alif [ا]), إ (ʔ) (under an alif), ؤ (ʔ) (over a wāw [و]) or ئ (ʔ) (over a dotless yāʾ [ى]). The exact seat of hamza is governed by an orthographic rule – the "seat of hamza rule". Written words such as Qurʼan (which in written Arabic uses a symbol know as hamza to indicate the glottal stop) are rendered with an apostrophe.

Hamza²

Where it comes from

From Arabic حَمْزَة (ḥamza, literally “lion”), from the Arabic root ح م ز (ḥ m z).

proper noun Hamzas · Hamzah

  1. A male given name from Arabic.
  2. The Muslim Sahabi Hamza ibn Abdul-Muttalib.
  3. A surname from Arabic.

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noun Arabic sign representing a glottal stop

Españoljamza
한국어함자 hamja
日本語ハムザ hamuza
中文哈姆扎 hāmǔzhā, 海姆宰 hǎimǔzǎi
हिन्दीहमज़ा hamzā
Françaishamza
DeutschHamza, Hamsa
Italianohamza
Ελληνικάχάμζα chámza
Русскийха́мза xámza
العربيةهَمْزَة hamza

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@misc{hamza_2026,
  title = {hamza},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hamza},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}